When a friend is feeling sorrow

That you wish that you could share

And no words of any language

Can remove the grief they bear

When the unexpected shadows

Fall across the path they trod

There is no human remedy

We have to go to God



When a brave heart's torn asunder

And its courage seems so small

There is no solace found in pain

That over takes us all

When hot tears keep on falling

'Til they drench the very sod

To find someone to dry them

We have to go to God



There's a reason for each heartache

Though we cannot see it now

And we grow with every sorrow

That Heaven will allow

Though we always seek the sunlight

Earth is still "a vale of tears"

And only God can help us bear

The burden of the years



We've simply got to trust Him

And we can't afford to doubt

Because He has created life

He knows what it's about

Because His dear feet also walked

These narrow paths we trod

To heal our broken spirits



By Grace E. Easley